Scientists Debate Claim That “Extinct” Dire Wolves Are Back ...

“Durango is one of the last places where wolves existed in the wild,” said Greta Anderson, deputy director of the Western ...

Through collaboration between officials in Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico, Mexican gray wolves are roaming Durango for the ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature, a top conservation group, is weighing a moratorium on unleashing ...

A homecoming decades in the making took place last month when two packs of Mexican gray wolves were transported to the Mexican state of Durango. That was the last place the endangered wolves were ...

Colossal Biosciences made a record-breaking 20 edits across 14 genes in gray wolf cells by adding extinct dire wolf DNA. This was the first time ancient DNA has been used to bioengineer an extinct ...

Winter is coming ... and so are the dire wolves. The large canines — best known for being featured in the HBO series "Game of Thrones" — went extinct nearly 13,000 years ago. But they're now making a ...

Some species are going extinct right before our eyes, though. For example, the Ethiopian Wolf. This wolf species has fewer ...

In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 lbs wolf species, about 25% heavier than modern-day gray wolves, had not ...